CARL SCHMITT (1888-1985) was a jurist, scholar, and author.JOSEPH W. BENDERSKY is Professor and Chair in the History Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Among his earlier books is Carl Schmitt: Theorist for the Reich (1983).

• Introduction: The Three Types of Juristic Thought in German Historical and Intellectual Context by Joseph W. BenderskyDistinctions among Juristic Ways of ThinkingRule and Statute Thinking (Normativism) and Concrete-Order ThinkingDecision Thinking (Decisionism)Nineteenth Century Juristic Positivism as Combination of Decision and Statute Thinking (Decisionism and Normativism)Classification of Juristic Ways of Thinking in the Overall Development of Legal HistoryGerman Development Up to the PresentDevelopment in England and FranceThe Current Situation of German JurisprudenceConclusionBibliography

CARL SCHMITT (1888-1985) was a jurist, scholar, and author.JOSEPH W. BENDERSKY is Professor and Chair in the History Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Among his earlier books is Carl Schmitt: Theorist for the Reich (1983).

• Introduction: The Three Types of Juristic Thought in German Historical and Intellectual Context by Joseph W. BenderskyDistinctions among Juristic Ways of ThinkingRule and Statute Thinking (Normativism) and Concrete-Order ThinkingDecision Thinking (Decisionism)Nineteenth Century Juristic Positivism as Combination of Decision and Statute Thinking (Decisionism and Normativism)Classification of Juristic Ways of Thinking in the Overall Development of Legal HistoryGerman Development Up to the PresentDevelopment in England and FranceThe Current Situation of German JurisprudenceConclusionBibliography

CARL SCHMITT (1888-1985) was a jurist, scholar, and author.JOSEPH W. BENDERSKY is Professor and Chair in the History Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Among his earlier books is Carl Schmitt: Theorist for the Reich (1983).

• Introduction: The Three Types of Juristic Thought in German Historical and Intellectual Context by Joseph W. BenderskyDistinctions among Juristic Ways of ThinkingRule and Statute Thinking (Normativism) and Concrete-Order ThinkingDecision Thinking (Decisionism)Nineteenth Century Juristic Positivism as Combination of Decision and Statute Thinking (Decisionism and Normativism)Classification of Juristic Ways of Thinking in the Overall Development of Legal HistoryGerman Development Up to the PresentDevelopment in England and FranceThe Current Situation of German JurisprudenceConclusionBibliography